IGN Mod Nation Racers Review

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papflesje said:

JGarret said:
I wonder about the weapons in this game..does it have equivalents to green and red shells, bananas, bombs, stars, etc...also, can you hold an item in order to protect yourself?..like in Mario Kart, you can hold a banana to protect you against a green and red shell.

There are 4 basic weapoons:Missiles, sonic blasts, lightning and speed boosts. (Speed boosts are a special category)

Those can be upgraded each (by holding on to them and riding over another power-up)

Level 2 is stronger (missiles will lock on to the one ahead of you for example), level three is even stronger (missiles attack EVERYONE in front of you)

 

You can protect yourself by using "boost". If you drift, draft, attack, you will gain "Boost". If you see an attack coming (you get notified, by a sound, a visual clue and your char looking scared while looking backwards), you can press O and you summon a shield. You have to time it though, as it drains Boost.

 

And that also means you have no more boost to sideswipe or to negate any other incoming attacks (and believe me, they will hammer you sometimes :D).

 

Speed power-up is different in that it can give you instant speed gain, or (at level 3) will let you skip an entire part of the track.

 

Part 4 of all the power-ups => you can drop them as mines, to screw with people behind you.

 

 

 

Part of the depth in strategy: A level 2 will take away one level of power-up from whoever is hit by it. Level 3 wipes out your enemy's power-up completely. Level 1 just attacks you.

Sideswiping actually STEALS a level from your enemy and adds it to YOUR power-up level (providing you have the same power-up at the time).

Good read again :D wow you guys are ON IT today! so much good info in this thread, thanks